Co-op saving fish and chips
Jun 23rd, 2009 | By ssacn | Category: Other OrganisationsShoppers at UK Co-operative supermarkets believe the British “national dish” could have had its chips unless the Government introduces marine reserves in the forthcoming Marine Bill. 83% of its customers supported the introduction of highly protected marine reserves in a survey conducted via chip and pin pads at the checkouts of more than 2,200 Co-operative food stores throughout the UK.
360,000 customers took part in the survey/’vote’ and The Co-operative is now writing to every Member of Parliament (MPs) ahead of the first reading of the Marine Bill in the House of Commons to to highlight the need to include a mechanism for creating marine reserves in the draft Marine Bill and to tell them of the level of backing the issue has amongst their constituents. The vote was undertaken as part of The Co-operative’s Marine Reserves Now campaign, being run in partnership with the Marine Conservation Society (MCS).
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